PINKS. 
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The eafieft and moft approved method 
of propagating Pinks is by piping them 
exaftly in the fame manner as defcribed 
for Carnations ; they feldom fail to ftrike 
fufficient root in the courfe of a fortnight 
or three weeks to enable them to bear 
removal with fafety: they may then be 
tranfplanted into an open part of the 
garden, on a bed of the common garden 
mould, frefh dug up, where it will, in a 
few weeks, be eafily difcernible which 
are the moft proper to place on the beft 
bed for bloom. The time to pipe Pinks 
is immediately previous to, or during the 
bloom, or, indeed, as foon as ever the 
new {hoots are grown of a fufficient 
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length for that purpofe. 
New forts of Pinks are procured from 
feed, and thofe plants produce moft feed 
which have been expofed to the weather, 
except in cafe of very heavy rains, from 
which 
